Johnny Green
Born: 1908-10-10 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1989-05-15
Known For: Sound
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul" from the revue Three's A Crowd. Green won four Academy Awards for his film scores and a fifth for producing a short musical film, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
1972
- The Ballad of Billie Blue as Johnny Green
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Mean Justice ... (Original Music Composer)
1969
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ... (Original Music Composer)
1968
- Oliver! ... (Original Music Composer)
1966
- Alvarez Kelly ... (Original Music Composer)
1965
- Cinderella ... (Music Director)
1963
- Twilight of Honor ... (Original Music Composer)
1961
- West Side Story ... (Music Supervisor)
1960
- Pepe ... (Original Music Composer)
1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ... (Music)
1957
- Raintree County ... (Original Music Composer)
1956
- High Society ... (Music Supervisor)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me ... (Music Director)
1955
- I'll Cry Tomorrow ... (Music Supervisor)
- The Cobweb ... (Conductor)
1954
- Brigadoon ... (Music Director)
- The Strauss Fantasy as Himself as Conductor
- M-G-M Jubilee Overture as Himself
- La Gazza Ladra Overture as Himself - Conductor
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Capriccio Italien as Himself - Conductor
- Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor as Johnny Green
1952
- Because You're Mine ... (Original Music Composer)
1951
- Mr. Imperium ... (Music Director)
- An American in Paris ... (Music Director)
- The Great Caruso ... (Original Music Composer)
- Too Young to Kiss ... (Music Director)
- Grounds for Marriage ... (Music Director)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man ... (Music)
1950
- Summer Stock ... (Music Director)
- The Toast of New Orleans ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion ... (Music)
1949
- The Inspector General ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff ... (Music)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Easter Parade ... (Music Director)
1947
- Cynthia ... (Original Music Composer)
- Something in the Wind ... (Original Music Composer)
1946
- Easy to Wed ... (Original Music Composer)
1945
- The Sailor Takes a Wife ... (Music)
- Week-End at the Waldorf ... (Original Music Composer)
1944
- Broadway Rhythm ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bathing Beauty ... (Music Director)
1938
- Love on a Budget as Boy
- Start Cheering as Johnny Green
1935
- Johnny Green & His Orchestra as Himself
- Radio Rhapsody as Himself
- Melody Magic as Himself
1933
- Song Shopping as Johnny Green
1932
- Wayward ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Misleading Lady ... (Original Music Composer)
1931
- The Smiling Lieutenant ... (Music Arranger)
- Secrets of a Secretary ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Girl Habit ... (Music)
1930
- The Big Pond ... (Music Arranger)
- Heads Up ... (Music Arranger)